Invesco Global Water ETF (NASDAQ:PIO) Short Interest Up 200.0% in December

Invesco Global Water ETF (NASDAQ:PIO) saw a significant increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 300 shares, an increase of 200.0% from the November 30th total of 100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Invesco Global Water ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PIO. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Invesco Global Water ETF by 411.3% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 772 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 621 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of Invesco Global Water ETF by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 45,996 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,982,000 after purchasing an additional 951 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Invesco Global Water ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,038,000. FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of Invesco Global Water ETF by 22.2% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,577 shares of the company’s stock valued at $111,000 after purchasing an additional 469 shares in the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in Invesco Global Water ETF by 73.0% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,000 after buying an additional 839 shares during the period.

Invesco Global Water ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of PIO opened at $39.47 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $40.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is $41.21. The company has a market cap of $262.48 million, a P/E ratio of 28.91 and a beta of 0.96. Invesco Global Water ETF has a twelve month low of $37.57 and a twelve month high of $43.54.

Invesco Global Water ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.0496 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 23rd.

About Invesco Global Water ETF

PowerShares Global Water Portfolio (the Fund) seeks investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the NASDAQ OMX Global Water Index (the Index). The Fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the equity securities that comprise the Index, American depository receipts (ADR) and Global depository receipts (GDR) that are based on the securities in the Index.